Jocelyn,
synthetic pesticides like the organophosphates mentioned in this article are prohibited on certified organic crops.
Not exact matches
Like organic farmers, biodynamic farmers avoid
synthetic chemical fertilizers,
pesticides and herbicides.
The hope is to discover environmental factors that contribute to autism risk, from diet or infection to toxins
like heavy metals,
pesticides, and the countless
synthetic molecules in products today.
Many of the
pesticides, chemicals, and hormones used in conventional farming contain
synthetic estrogen -
like substances.
Groups
like Palm Done Right ™ support organic and sustainable practices, which means growing without
synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers.
I'm thinking that
synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, etc can not be used for organic crops, but crops could be contaminated by chemicals in the atmosphere just
like conventional crops?
Keep your worms on an organic diet by skipping produce sprayed with
pesticides, and anything
synthetic like plastics.
Codex pertains to every bite - and kind of - food traded internationally and allows high doses of
pesticides, veterinary drugs,
synthetic hormones, contaminants, artificial sweeteners, and other dangerous compounds and processes (
like mandated irradiation of food) while it forbids health claims for food.
There are
synthetic hormones in the foods we eat,
pesticides in our air and water, and estrogen -
like compounds in many of the products we use every day.
USDA Organic - free of
synthetic additives
like pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and must not be processed using irradiation or genetic engineering, according to the USDA
«USDA Organic» (also called «Certified Organic») is supposed to mean that 95 percent or more of the ingredients are certified organic, meaning free of
synthetic additives
like pesticides, chemical fertilizers and dyes.
Farms are often very large, highly specialized, and run
like factories with large inputs of fossil fuels,
pesticides and other chemicals, and
synthetic fertilizers derived from oil.
Grow your own food — Nothing
like eating garden fresh fruit and veggies, especially if it hasn't been tainted by
synthetic fertilizers or
pesticides.